bulletin  of  the  University  of  Georgia 


Volume  XX 


JUNE,  1920 


cnber  5 


THE  PROTECTION  OF 


GEORGIA' 
FUTURE 


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SPECIAL  BULLETIN 

to 
ALUMNI  AND  FRIENDS 
OF  GEORGIA 


Entered  at  the  Post  Office  at  Athens,  Ga.,  as  Second  Class  Matter,  August  31, 1905. 
under  Act  of  Congress  of  July  16th,  1904.  Issued  Monthly  by  the  University. 


Serial  No.  310 


Comparative  Prices,  Wages,  and  Salaries  Expressed  in 
Percentages  From  1910  to  1920 

The  data  for  these  curves  were  taken:  for  Curve  A,  from  Brad- 
street's  Index  of  Commodity  Prices;  for  Curve  B,  from  the  1918 
report  of  the  Federal  Bureau  of  Labor  and  from  a  financial  letter 
of  Babson's  Statistical  Organization;  for  Curve  C,  ifrom  the  records 
of  the  Registrar  of  the  University  of  Georgia. 

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CURVE  B 
EARNINGS 

OF    THE 

LABORER 


CURVE    C^ 

AVERAGE   SALARY    OF  THE    UNIVERSITY     OF    GEORGIA 
PROFESSOR 


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1914 


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1918   1020 


The  Protection  of  Georgia's  Future 


THE  war  has  taught  us  the  value  of  educated  men. 
They  not  only  furnished  practically  the  entire  body 
of  commissioned  officers,  but  also  the  directing 
forces  in  every  branch  of  war  service.  The  effort  put 
forth  by  America,  which  earned  the  wonder  of  all  man- 
kind, was  made  possible  by  the  keen  thinking  minds  of 
this  country, — trained  minds. 

This  lesson  of  education  has  given  impetus  to  every 
school  and  college  in  America.  In  order  to  meet  new  de- 
mands it  is  imperatively  necessary  that  larger  and  bet- 
ter equipment  in  the  way  of  teachers  and  material  facili- 
ties be  provided  throughout  our  entire  educational  sys- 
tem. 

By  the  people  of  Georgia  this  entire  matter  must  be 
considered  most  seriously.  As  it  stands  we  occupy,  in 
matters  of  education,  the  fourth  place  from  the  bottom 
in  the  list  of  states.  If  Georgia  is  to  achieve  her  rightful 
position  in  the  rank  of  states,  she  must  do  so  through 
the  trained  minds  of  her  citizens. 


What  Has  the  University  Accomplished 


? 


The  key  to  the  educational  system  of  Georgia  is  her 
University, — the  oldest  state  University  in  the  Union. 
This  institution  occupies  the  capstone  of  the  State 's  edu- 
cational system.  Upon  its  vitality  and  efficiency  the  in- 
tellectual and  even  the  material  life  of  the  state  is  largely 
dependent.  If  you  should  tear  the  record  of  the  Universi- 
ty from  the  history  of  the  State,  if  you  should  remove 
the  influence  of  those  minds  educated  at  Georgia,  that 
history  would  indeed  be  barren. 

The  people  of  Georgia  are  in  a  large  measure  unaware 


of  the  constructive  work  that  has  been  and  is  being  done 
by  her  own  University;  many  of  her  alumni  indeed,  are 
but  little  acquainted  with  this  work.  It  is  generally 
known  that  the  Agricultural  department  is  reaching  into 
every  nook  and  cranny  of  the  State  and  slowly  but  sure- 
ly is  elevating  the  social  and  agricultural  life  of  the  state. 
Because  they  are  tangible  these  material  results  can  be 
felt  and  seen.  The  intangible  results  attained  through 
work  of  the  University  in  the  state  are  no  less  real,  though 
frequently  not  noted. 

For  instance,  let  us  note  the  influence  of  the  University 
upon  secondary  education  in  the  state.  Sixteen  years 
ago  during  the  administration  of  Chancellor  Walter  B. 
Hill  the  University  began  active  co-operation  with  the 
high  schools  in  order  to  advance  high  school  education 
in  Georgia.  A  system  of  inspection  was  instituted  and 
the  graduates  of  the  " accredited"  schools  were  admitted 
to  the  University  without  examination.  By  consistent 
work  and  encouragement  the  University  has  tremendous- 
ly elevated  the  educational  status  of  Georgia. 

From  the  report  of  the  University's  Professor  of  Sec- 
ondary Education  we  find  that  in  the  school  year  of  1904- 
05  there  were  215  boys  graduated  from  accredited  high 
schools  of  which  number  50  entered  the  University  of 
Georgia.  During  the  year  1918-19  there  were  1,694  boys 
in  the  graduating  classes  and  the  University  of  Georgia 
admitted  300  as  Freshmen.  In  1904  students  were  admit- 
ted from  three  year  accredited  high  schools  as  well  as 
from  four  year  schools.  Those  admitted  in  1918-19  were 
from  four  year  schools  only.  The  University  of  Georgia 
is  the  "pace  maker"  of  education  in  the  state.  Its  ac- 
complishments in  improving  high  school  standards  are 
impressive  when  brought  to  one's  attention. 

"The  state  will  soon  have  to  double  the  present  plants 
of  higher  institutions,  if  it  proposes  to  keep  pace  with 


the  ever  increasing  number  of  youths  seeking  higher 
training. " 

Have  not  these  youths  every  right  to  the  best  quality 
of  education?  They  ask  it,  and  we  must  admit  that  there 
is  nothing  more  worth  while  for  the  individual  or  for 
society. 

In  the  great  war  the  University  had  more  than  2,200  of 
her  alumni  in  the  service.  Nearly  900  of  these  served  as 
commissioned  officers.  This  record  based  upon  the  num- 
ber of  students  matriculated  is  unequalled  by  any  civilian 

college  in  the  United  States. 

If  one  will  but  study  the  professional  and  business 
world  and  notice  how  many  of  the  leaders  in  the  different 
vocations  are  from  the  University,  the  fitness  of  the  Uni- 
versity to  serve  will  be  for  all  time  answered.  Think 
about  this  as  applied  to  your  own  town  or  city. 

What  Are  the  Possibilities  of  the  University? 

The  fitness  of  the  University  to  serve  and  the  demand 
for  its  services,  as  shown  by  the  great  increase  in  enroll- 
ment are  both  obvious  facts. 


Our  problem  is  to  extend  the  opportunities  of  the  Uni- 
versity. It  is  hoped  that  soon  in  the  future  the  Universi- 
ty will  be  financially  able  to  expand  its  extension  work 
by  offering  correspondence  courses,  lecture  courses  about 
the  state,  and  night  courses  at  the  University. 

Let  us  first,  however,  enable  our  University  to  grasp 
the  opportunity  for  a  bigger  and  better  service  that  lies 
open  to  her  in  the  immediate  present.  That  opportunity 
is  to  meet  the  demands  that  are  made  upon  her  now  to 
train  the  ever  growing  number  of  sons  of  Georgia  for 
citizenship. 


What  Are  the  Needs  of  the  University? 

These  things  are  in  part  what  the  University  has  done 
and  can  and  will  do  for  the  state.  What  has  the  state 
done  for  her?  ,         yjjtiJUEi 

The  last  appropriation  by  the  legislature  for  buildings 
on  the  campus  was  in  1906,  fourteen  years  ago,  when  the 
new  agricultural  building  was  erected  for  $100,000.  The 
last  appropriation  for  a  dormitory  was  in  1901,  nineteen 
years  ago,  for  Candler  Hall,  at  which  time  the  student 
body  was  about  350  in  number.  Today  there  is  an  at- 
tendance of  about  three  and  one-half  times  as  many.  The 
dormitories  are  crowded  three  and  four  men  to  the  room, 
and  Athens  cannot  offer  inexpensive  rooming  facilities 
to  the  students  who  are  anxious  to  enter. 

Our  present  Chapel  will  seat  624,  only  about  one-half 
of  the  students  enrolled.  The  Physics  Department  has 
reached  the  limit  of  its  available  space  and  a  new  build- 
ing is  absolutely  necessary. 

The  Denmark  dining  hall  was  built  in  1901  and  will 
accommodate  250  students.  Today  about  five  times  that 
many  are  to  be  fed  and  a  much  larger  building  is  needed. 

The  University  has  increased  in  numbers  to  1258  stu- 
dents. Most  of  the  lecture  rooms  are  so  badly  crowded 
that  the  best  work  can  be  done  only  at  a  great  disadvan-^ 
tage.  Practically  every  building  on  the  campus  is  in  sore 
need  of  additional  equipment  and  repair  and  the  members 
of  the  faculty  are  being  tempted  into  other  lines  of  en- 
deavor in  order  to  earn  a  living  wage. 

Alumni  and  friends  of ' '  Georgia. ' '  You  must  give  your 
attention  to  this.  You  must  know  that  these  statements 
are  not  conjectures  and  theories  only,  but  are  facts. 

The  most  urgent  of  all  needs  at  this  time  facing  the 
University  is  the  matter  of  pay  for  its  faculty.    Salaries 


have  increased  only  about  an  average  of  twenty-five  per 
cent  in  the  last  thirty  years,  whereas  today  living  costs 
are  two  and  one-half  times  as  great  as  five  years  ago.  This 
has  made  it  extremely  difficult  for  Chancellor  Barrow  to 
maintain  the  personnel  of  the  faculty.  Since  1918  fifteen 
out  of  forty-five  of  the  faculty  of  Eranklin  College  and 
State  College  and  twenty-six  out  of  sixty  from  the  Col- 
lege of  Agriculture  have  resigned.  Other  members  of 
the  faculty  will  submit  resignations  at  the  end  of  this 
term,  not  because  the  profession  is  becoming  any  the  less 
interesting,  but  because  they  are  not  paid  enough  to  live. 
It  is  impossible  to  replace  these  men  with  men  as  good  on 
the  present  salary  basis. 

The  prestige  of  the  college  has  not  faded  yet,  and  we 
do  not  intend  that  it  shall,  but  it  has  been  maintained  only 
by  heroic  effort.  It  is  imperative  that  the  teacher  should 
be  free  from  money  worries  if  he  is  to  do  his  best  work. 
On  the  present  salary  basis  the  University  cannot  expect 
to  maintain  a  satisfied  and  efficient  faculty. 

How  We  Can  Save  the  University 

Realizing  this  condition  of  affairs  in  the  University, 
about  sixty  of  her  alumni  voluntarily  came  together  in 
Athens  on  the  26th  of  last  April  with  a  view  of  discussing 
these  conditions  and  trying  to  devise  some  plan  to  bet- 
ter them.  It  is  realized  that  the  state  cannot  at  this  time 
meet,  with  suitable  appropriations,  all  of  the  urgent 
needs  of  the  University.  It  was  therefore  decided  that 
a  campaign  should  be  started  to  raise  a  sum  of  money  suf- 
ficiently large  to  meet  such  immediate  needs  as  are  seri- 
ously handicapping  the  work  of  the  University  and  that 
will  sooner  or  lated  so  sap  her  vitality  that  it  will  take 
her  years  to  recuperate. 

To  this  end  a  Committee  has  been  appointed  the  busi- 
ness of  which  is  to  organize  the  Alumni  and  the  other 
friends  of  Education  in  order  to  bring  them  in  touch  with 


their  University  and  to  initiate  a  Campagn  for  funds.  It 
is  confidently  believed  that  Georgians  are  loyal  enough 
to  the  University  to  come  to  her  assistance  in  her  dire 
extremity.  She  has  other  friends  besides  her  alumni  in 
the  state  who,  we  feel  sure,  will  also  give  her  material 
aid.  She  who  has  done  so  much  for  the  state  must  be 
equipped,  not  only  so  that  she  can  meet  the  present  de- 
mands, but  with  the  view  of  meeting  the  larger  demands 
of  the  future.  In  spite  of  insufficient  support  the  Uni- 
v  ersity  of  Georgia  has  made  her  Drestige  felt  all  over  the 
Union.  Is  this  to  continue?  The  answer  is  with  her  sons 
and  with  her  friends.    Let  us  not  fail  her. 

The  Campaign 

In  brief  this  is  the  outline  of  the  plan  that  is  to  be  pre- 
sented for  adoption  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Alumni 
and  other  friends  in  Athens  this  coming  June  15th  at 
ten  o'clock  in  the  University  Chapel. 

At  this  meeting  a  permanent  campaign  committee  will 
be  appointed.  Let  us,  as  a  body,  resolve  to  promote  a 
campaign  for  not  less  than  one  million  dollars  to  relieve 
the  immediate  needs  of  the  University  of  Georgia.  Every 
living  matriculate  and  every  friend  of  the  institution  will 
be  invited  to  join  with  us  in  the  campaign. 

The  committee  as  selected  shall  devise  a  plan  that  will 
make  the  campaign  a  success.  In  order  to  provide  for 
a  wise  disposition  of  the  funds  collected,  twelve  men  to 
be  known  as  the  " Endowment  Fund  Trustees"  will  be 
appointed  to  receive  and  dispose  to  these  funds.  This 
board  of  trustees  shall  be  composed  of  three  members  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  University  of  Georgia  in- 
cluding the  Chairman  of  that  Board  as  an  ex-officio  mem- 
ber; three  members  of  the  faculty  of  the  University  of 
Georgia  including  the  Chancellor  as  an  ex-officio  mem- 
ber; three  members  from  the  Alumni  Association  of  the 


University  of  Georgia  including  the  President  of  the  As- 
sociation as  an  ex-officio  member;  and  three  citizens  of 
Georgia  selected  by  the  Chancellor  of  the  University. 

The  trust  deed  between  those  subscribing  to  the  fund 
and  the  trustees  appointed  will  be  read  at  the  meeting 
of  the  Alumni  Association  in  June,  and  printed  subscrip- 
tion blanks  will  be  distributed  at  the  meeting  ready  for 
beginning  the  campaign.  The  campaign  will  be  declared 
under  way  at  the  meeting  and  any  subscriptions  offered 
will  be  immediately  taken.  Each  subscriber  to  the  fund 
will  be  allowed  five  years  in  which  to  pay  up  his  subscrip- 
tion in  full. 

In  Conclusion 

Let  us  quote  from  an  editorial  in  the  Atlanta  Journal 
of  May  2nd,  1920. 

"To  what  better  use,  then,  can  public  funds  and  private  gifts  'be  turned 
than  to  the  advancement  of  the  institutions  whose  distinctive  purpose  is 
not  only  to  impart  knowledge  but  to  increase  its  store,  not  only  to  incul- 
cate layalty  to  truth  but  to  kindle  an  ardor  for  its  discovery  and  to 
strengthen  the  sinews  for  its  quest?  If  we  wish  to  develop  the  South's 
resources  more  speedily  and  more  fruitfully,  if  we  wish  to  make  firmer 
and  fairer  paths  for  her  oncoming  generations,  if  we  wish  to  avail  our- 
selves of  the  principles  embodied  in  the  proverb  'He  profits  most  who 
serves  best,'  by  all  means  let  us  turn  zealously  to  the  upbuilding  of  col- 
leges and  universities.  For  through  them  we  shall  faring  to  bear  upon 
our  opportunities  and  problems  that  creativeness  called  the  truth,  which 
endureth  and  is  always  strong,'  'which  liveth  and  conquereth  forevermore.' 


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This  bulletin  published  under  the  auspices  of  the  Alumni  Committee. 


Harry    Hodgson   _    _    _   Chairman 
David  C.  Barrow 
Harold  Hirsch 
D.  H.  Redfearn 
J.  D.  McCartney 
Alex  S.  Cassels 


H.  A.  Inghram Secretary 

R.  P.  Brooks 
P.  F.  Brock 
R.   B.  Troutman 
R.  B.  Park 
R.  P.  'Stephens 


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